Amber Riedl

Makerist, CEO

www.makerist.de

About Amber

Born and raised in Canada, Amber Riedl came to Berlin after graduating with a degree in political science in 2004. After working in the communications department of Transparency International, the mom of two founded her first startup Foreverly.de (previously 1001 Hochzeiten). In 2013, Amber Riedl and Axel Heinz launched Makerist, an online handicraft platform. Since 2015, Amber has been part of the HVB female founders mentoring program and in 2016 she won the WIDI Female Digital Leader Award in the category lifestyle.